Mark told me that this year’s Summit steering committee choose the theme “Your Seat at the Table” because they felt that this was the year to take action. “For quite a few years,” he explained, “we’ve talked about what we want Omaha’s vision to be in the year 2020, and really this year was bringing that talk and turning it into action.”

Additionally, he gave me summaries of the first two talks of the day, Patricia Martin on the re-branding of the “cultural consumers” and Blake Mycoskie on sustaining a business with more than a sales strategy.

John Henry shared with me the story of how he thought of the campaign and how they went about implementing it to attract the community and capture thoughts of individuals in a Twitter-like format. He also reflected on the positive reception it’s received in the city, especially by the Greater Omaha Chamber, which held the Summit.

He also provided us with an update of What Cheer and what we might see more of in the future from the I Live in Omaha campaign.